I LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1523 



Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft of 

 the male small, pale ochraceous. Legs slender ; joints of the tarsi 

 brown above, with white tips; fore femora and fore tibia? brown 

 above. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with many little transverse brown streaks, which are darkest 

 and most numerous towards the exterior border; two elongated 

 oblique brown spots, which are more or less completely connected 

 with the costa by two brown lines; three black points on the exterior 

 border near the tip; costa brown, with white points; exterior border 

 ! slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings with seven oblique 

 ! ochraceous lines. Length of the body 3— 3J lines ; of the wings 

 8^—9 lines. 



Aru. New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



PVRALIS ATEIPUNCTAL1S. 



Fcem. Sordide ochracea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 3o lanceo- 

 late 2i dimidio breviore ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; 

 alee amplce, punctis nigris elongatis tmnsversis, fascia media 

 obliqua diffusa saturate ochracea ; anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 gutta marginali nigra quadrata, plaga costali subapicali 

 alba. 



Female. Dull ochraceous, stout. Palpi slender, applied to the 

 head, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae stout. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 

 ample, with transversely elongated black points, which are most 

 distinct and numerous on the under side ; a diffuse oblique deeper 

 ochraceous middle band. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; 

 a quadrate black dot on the exterior border near the tip ; a whitish 

 costal patch near the tip; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Pyralis acutalis. 



Mas. Albida ; palpi ascendentes, cervino vittati, verticem super- 

 antes, articulo So lineari 2i dimidio longiore ; thorax antice 

 cervinus ; ala longce, latiusculce, strigis plurimis transversis 

 cervinis nonnunquam fusco marginatis. 



Male. Whitish. Palpi smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, 

 risiug higher than the vertex, striped with fawn-colour on both 

 sides; third joint linear, much more than half the length of the 



